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Iceland, May 2009
Corus Chess 2007 Round 9

23.01.2007 Round 9 was played on Tuesday 23 January 01.30 PM. In group A Shirov defeated Navara, Ponomariov defeated Karjakin and Anand defeated Van Wely. The other games were drawn. Topalov is now on 6.5 points, Radjabov follows on 6.0 points. Aronian, Svidler and Kramnik are on 5.5 points. In group B Smeets vs Vachier-Lagrave was drawn, while L’Ami defeated Eljanov. Vachier-Lagrave leads on 6.5 points, followed by Bu, Bologan (who defeated Georgiev) and Eljanov, all on 5.5 points. In group C Nepomniachtchi vs Hou Yifan was drawn. Nepomniachtchi leads on 8.0 points, followed by Krasenkow on 6.5 points and Berg on 6.0 points. The Dutch squadron (14 players) scored even: 0.5/2 in A + 3.5/5 in B + 3.0/7 in C = 7.0/14.

Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com

no01 Veselin Topalov and Dolf Vos
Veselin Topalov and Dolf Vos (Chairman Tournament Committee)

Results R9

no02 Anand - Van Wely
Anand - Van Wely

no03 Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan

no04 Hou Yifan & Peng Zhaoqin
Hou Yifan & Peng Zhaoqin

no05 Kramnik
Kramnik

no06 Carlsen - Radjabov
Carlsen - Radjabov

no07 Veselin Topalov
Topalov

no08 Ponomariov - Karjakin
Ponomariov - Karjakin

no09 Nepomniachtchi
Nepomniachtchi

no10 Berg - Krasenkow
Berg - Krasenkow

no11 Aronian - Topalov
Aronian - Topalov

no12 David Navara - Alexei Shirov
Navara - Shirov

no13 Sergei Tiviakov
Tiviakov

no14 Topalov in focus
Topalov in focus


(all photos by Frits Agterdenbos)


Calendar
01.01.09-31.12.09
Weekend Tournaments in the Netherlands 2009
(update 28 June 2009)


27.06.09-05.07.09
Intomart GfK Open, Hilversum

29.06.09-05.07.09
World Open, Philadelphia

02.07.09-12.07.09
Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, Dortmund

10.07.09-19.07.09
Leiden Chess Tournament

18.07.09-26.07.09
Politiken Cup 2009, Copenhagen

18.07.09-31.07.09
Biel Chess Festival

21.07.09-30.07.09
Dutch Open Championship, Dieren

27.07.09-02.08.09
Chess Classic Mainz 2009

01.08.09-08.08.09
Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament 2009, Vlissingen

07.08.09-17.08.09
Staunton Memorial, Simpson’s In The Strand

20.08.09-31.08.09
NH Chess Tournament, Amsterdam

22.08.09-23.08.09
Zürich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

16.10.09-24.10.09
Univé Chess Tournament, Hoogeveen

27.11.09-08.12.09
Benidorm 2009

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